Portable Toilet Seat Cover

ABSTRACT

A toilet seat cover main body consisting of a flexible annular fabric and protruding fabric fastened to a portable bag. The cover main body consists of a hemmed inner and outer periphery with only a tubular space in the outer periphery for an elastic band. The protruding fabric is sewn on the rear of the cover main body pointing outward and attached to a portable bag by fasteners. The portable bag consists of an opening and closing flap and fasteners for securely housing cover main body and protruding fabric inside the main inner pocket, smaller outer pockets for personal items, and a carrying strap. The cover main body can be fastened or unfastened from the portable bag with the fasteners on the protruding fabric and portable bag, for cleaning purposes.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Field of the Invention

This invention relates to a toilet seat cover fastened to and housed inside a portable bag.

Description of Prior Art

A sanitary toilet seat can be a difficult and troubling thing to find for many public and private toilet seat users. A toilet seat cover has been a necessary item for many bathroom users trying to avoid filth, disease, vermin, and unsanitary and bare toilet seats. This invention improves upon previous inventions: Sanitary Toilet Protector by Margaret Beam, U.S. Pat. No. 1,524,853; Combination Child's Toilet Seat and Carrying Bag by D. G. Anderson, U.S. Pat. No. 2,537,504; Toilet Seat by H. G. Miller, U.S. Pat. No. 3,153,248; Packaged Toilet Seat by Edwards et al., U.S. Pat. No. 5,090,063.

Beam depicts a toilet seat cover with rubberized cloth and an elastic band contained in the outer periphery. The cover provides the protection for a toilet seat user, but does not provide an attached portable bag for travel.

Anderson depicts a toilet seat cover for children that is foldable and has handles shaped for carrying as a bag. The cover is designed for children, but not adult toilet seat users. Also, the invention is foldable, but the design lessens its portability. Anderson did not take into account a more compact design for lighter traveling needs.

Miller depicts a toilet seat cover that is inflatable. Miller, like Anderson, designed the toilet seat cover for children, but not for adult users. The need to inflate a toilet seat cover detracts from its speed of use. The carrying case is described as merely any suitable container or bag for the deflated cover and nothing else.

Edwards et al. depicts a toilet seat cover that is housed in an opening carrier containing rigid pieces, like the toilet seat, base, and toilet paper roll. This invention provides the user a toilet seat cover, toilet paper roll, and a pocket for items of personal hygiene. The design provides useful benefits for sanitary toilet use, but it does not account for lighter traveling needs. The many rigid pieces make for an oversized and weighty carrier.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The purpose of this invention is to provide a toilet seat cover that is of light construction, flexible, portable, and quickly useable on any toilet seat. The first object of the invention is to provide a flexible toilet seat cover that can fit any toilet seat. The second object of the invention is to provide a toilet seat cover that is fastened to a portable bag for ease of use. The third object of the invention is to provide a compact design made of light material for lighter traveling needs.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a side view of cover main body attached to a toilet seat as protruding fabric and portable bag point outward.

FIG. 2 is an above view partially broken away thereof.

FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged sectional view of cover main body on a toilet seat.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of cover main body and protruding fabric unfastened from partially broken away portable bag.

FIG. 6 is a front view of closed portable bag housing cover main body and protruding fabric.

FIG. 7 is a rear view of portable bag.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

This invention of a cover for a toilet seat will be described and referenced below using FIGS. 1 through 7 of the drawings.

The cover main body 10 is made of a flexible annular fabric capable of attaching and covering any toilet seat for the purpose of protecting a user from an unsanitary and bare toilet seat 13 surface. FIGS. 1 to 4 depict the cover main body 10 attached to a toilet seat 13. The cover main body 10 is attached to the toilet seat 13 by the elastic band 12 housed inside the outer periphery 9 of the cover main body 10. The outer periphery 9 of the cover main body 10 is hemmed with only a tubular space 14 to house the elastic band 12.

The inner periphery 11 of the cover main body 10 is hemmed. FIGS. 2 and 3 depict the hemmed inner periphery 11 as it drapes over the inner periphery of the toilet seat 13. FIG. 4 shows an enlarged view of an attached cover main body 10 to a toilet seat 13. Users will stretch the hemmed outer periphery 9 around the outer periphery of the toilet seat 13 and the hemmed inner periphery 11 will drape on the inner periphery of the toilet seat 13.

FIGS. 1 to 3 depict the portable bag 19 pointing outward with the protruding fabric 15 on the cover main body 10. The protruding fabric 15 is made of any suitable fabric sewn on the rear of the cover main body 10, adjacent the hemmed outer periphery 9. Also, the protruding fabric 15 has fasteners 16 a, 16 b which attach to fasteners 17 a, 17 b on the portable bag 19. When the cover main body 10 is attached to a toilet seat 13 the protruding fabric 15 separates the cover main body 10 from the portable bag 19.

The portable bag 19 is made of any suitable material with an opening and closing flap 20 at the top. The flap 20 has a fastener 18 a which attaches to the front fastener 18 b on the portable bag 19. Fasteners 18 a, 18 b can be joined to securely house the cover main body 10 and protruding fabric 15 inside the main inner pocket 24 (FIG. 6). Fasteners 18 a, 18 b can also be unfastened to access cover main body 10 for use (FIGS. 1 to 3). The portable bag 19 also consists of smaller outer pockets 21, 22 for personal items, a carrying strap 23, and said main inner pocket 24 for housing the cover main body 10 and protruding fabric 15 (FIGS. 5,6,7).

FIG. 5 depicts the detached cover main body 10 and protruding fabric 15 from the portable bag 19. This perspective view is of the partially broken away portable bag 19 in which the fasteners 16 a, 16 b, 17 a, 17 b would fasten or unfasten from the portable bag 19 and protruding fabric 15 for cleaning purposes. 

1-5. (canceled)
 1. A cover for a toilet seat comprising: a cover main body consisting of a flexible annular fabric having a hemmed inner periphery, hemmed outer periphery, and a main sitting surface; said flexible annular fabric is made of a light stretchable design to be portable, cleanable, and reusable a multitude of times for the purpose of using on any toilet seat of any size; said stretchable fabric will be constructed to sufficiently cover the entire toilet seat surface; and a protruding fabric sewn on the rear of the cover main body hanging downward to distance and separate a fastener adjoined portable bag from the toilet, user, and floor.
 2. A cover for a toilet seat as defined in claim 1 wherein said cover main body has a hemmed inner periphery that sufficiently covers the inner toilet seat surface and allows a sizable central opening, and the hemmed outer periphery having a tubular space for an elastic band to give gripping power around a toilet seat and stability of the cover main body onto a toilet seat.
 3. A cover for a toilet seat as defined in claim 1 wherein said protruding fabric is sewn on the rear of the cover main body, adjacent the hemmed outer periphery, united together for sanitary use and to be laundered or cleaned together with a cleaning agent in a corresponding fashion for multiple uses, and this protruding fabric being adjoined to the portable bag by fasteners and these fasteners attaching the protruding fabric to the portable bag can be fastened or unfastened for ease of use and said cleaning purposes.
 4. A cover for a toilet seat as defined in claim 1 wherein said portable bag is adjoined to the protruding fabric by fasteners inside the main inner pocket and being made of any suitable material consisting of an opening and closing flap fastener to securely open and close the main inner pocket, a main inner pocket to house together the cover main body and protruding fabric by the adjoining fasteners on the protruding fabric and inside the main inner pocket so to protect it from unsanitary elements and provide the user a sanitary traveling unit for visits to any toilet, small outer pockets for personal items, and a carrying strap for a user's wrist or shoulder for ease of use and quick transport. 